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Schism (Part 2)

Part 2 of 2. Coming-of-age thriller about two young men discovering their identity within the confines of a strict religious community in which homosexuality is not accepted.

Part 2 of 2.

Atmospheric thriller set on a Scottish island by Nicholas Meiklejohn.

Crow has grown up within an isolated religious community on a Scottish island. At 16, Matthew moves from his life in London to the community with his mum. Crow and Matthew bond and soon develop a relationship. But homosexuality is not accepted within the faith.

When Matthew goes missing, Crow starts to ask questions and discovers the community he’s grown up in is far from the rural idyll he’d imagined it to be and that his religion’s strict rules are only broken by the powerful…

Crow ..... Séamus McLean Ross
Matthew ..... Anthony Aje
Gabriel ..... Euan Munro
Ruth ..... Kirsty Stuart
John-Henry ..... Cal Macaninch
William ..... Robin Laing

Production Co-ordinator: Ellie Marsh

Studio production: Niall Young and Gav Murchie

Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane and Kirsty Williams

Sound Design and original music by Niall Young

Directed by Finn Den Hertog

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44 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Mar 2025 14:15

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Mar 2025 14:15

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